[Kylon]

As you may not know, we can now directly pump energy into cells, via electromagnetic sources, and increase the bioenergy level.

http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news/news/rele ... 0-336.html

Speeding up healing and all that.

I was thinking, what if you didn't use it for just healing? What if you reduced the amount of food consumed, the amount of sugars and fats and what not, and replaced it with an energy diet? You still ate what you needed to survive, but drastically decreased caloric levels, and used high powered LEDs or Near Infrared Antenna's to replace your bodies bioenergy supply. You then supplemented the energy from that with power from either a solar power source, or an alternative power source.

Furthermore, the oxygen requirements associated with traditional power sources wouldn't apply here. Your body would be bypassing some of your oxygen usage because of supplemented energy from the machines. You could thus do more work, and accomplish more.

Also, if you were to power this with an infrared antenna, or an infrared solar cell, one that absorbed energy in the atmospheric region, you could continually absorb energy from your environment and wouldn't even need to replenish your power supply, as you would be converting ambient thermal energy in the air to a power source to power your body. Both infrared antennas, and infrared photovoltaics exist(that's what they use for infrared heat vision goggles).

Of course you'd have to make the sacrifice of becoming a cyborg, but hey, if everyone did it, it would greatly reduce energy constraints on society, as pure electrical power per calorie is cheaper to produce than food is.

[Novus]

The big problem is that it will take a lot of energy to make all the equipment and implants to pull this off assuming it would even work.

[kpeavey]

Proceed immediately to a well ventilated area.

Have you been eating tomatoes lately?

When was your last CT scan?

Ever had a head injury? trauma?

Have you just returned from a third world country?

Any significant changes in your diet lately?

How do you feel?

[RedStateGreen]

Yeah, and what when the antennae go down? People already don't know how to feed themselves, this would just make the extinction of humans that much more certain once the power went out.

[dinopello]

You could connect all these beings in some sort of network and use it as an energy store at the cellular level. Tapping it when needed

[emersonbiggins]

Thumbs down, Kylon.

This idea is too similar to one of your previous ones:
Kylon modifies the human genome in order to create photosynthesizing bionic droids

I know it's the time of summer re-runs, but I need some new material now and then.

[Muckingfess]

He's on to something, but wouldn't the reception be blocked by the tinfoil hat?